One dead, 10 hurt in new London attack

Police in the United Kingdom are investigating possible links to terrorism after a van was driven into a crowd of people outside Finsbury Park Mosque in London in the early hours of Monday morning. The streets were busier than usual as prayers had recently finished at the nearby Finsbury Parkmosque.

One eyewitness speaking to LBC saidthe van had hit people on the pavement but had not collided with a building. The 48-year-old driver was arrested and taken to hospital.

"I would like to thank those people who helped police in detaining the man and worked with officers to calmly and quickly get him into our custody".

The incident is being investigated by the Counter Terrorism Command.

A spokesman said: "Officers are on scene with other emergency services". He would undergo a mental health assessment in due course, police said.

Harun Khan, the head of the MCB, described the incident as the "most violent manifestation to date" of Islamophobia, and called on authorities to do more "to tackle the growth in hate crime".

Earlier she described it as a "terrible incident", adding: "All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene". That incident came just a week after the Manchester Arena attack, which killed 22 and left more than 100 injured.

Britain's terrorist alert has been set at "severe" meaning an attack is highly likely.

"It appears that a white man in a van intentionally ploughed into a group of worshippers", the council said in a statement. "All my thoughts are with the victims, their families and the emergency services on the scene".